Topology optimized photonic wire splitters

Author

Frandsen, L.H. ; Borel, P.I. ; Jensen, J.S. ; Sigmund, O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Photonic wire splitters have been designed using topology optimization. The splitters have been fabricated in silicon-on-insulator material and display broadband low-loss 3 dB splitting in a bandwidth larger than 100 nm.

Keywords

integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optimisation; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO₂; loss 3 dB; optimized photonic wire splitters design; silicon-on-insulator material; splitter fabrication; topology optimization; Design optimization; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Topology; Wire; (000.3860) Mathematical methods in physics; (000.4430) Numerical approximation and analysis; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (220.4830) Optical systems design; (230.5440) Polarization-sensitive devices; (230.7390) Waveguides, planar; (999.9999) Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627889

Filename

4627889